Optional reading

Topics for discussion

Many peripheral products are designed to work with someone else’s system. Commonly the system provider has its own peripherals and competes with third party peripheral product vendors. What happens if the system vendor makes its system icompatible with third party peripherals?

Product design changes that exclude vendors of (no longer) compatible products are a common business strategy and a staple of technology antitrust litigation.

We will address the treatment of “predatory innovation” claims by looking at four of the classic cases/vignettes.